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Toilet of Venus

Maker

School of
(artist)
1625-1713

Title

Toilet of Venus

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on laid paper, with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 24.8 cm
Width: 32.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.208

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, the elder, London (1665-1745), L.2184; possibly his sale, Christopher Cock (London), 22 January - 8 February 1747, lot 44 or 51 on the eighth night; Charles Rogers, London (1711-1784), L.624; probably his sale, T. Philipe (London), 15 April 1799, lot 405; Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 1935 (£5, in part exchange, probably for one of a number of drawings Witt sold to Colnaghi on 16 September 1935); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings in Print, Courtauld Gallery, Woburn Square, London, 12/02/1983-12/06/1983

Inscriptions

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, pen and brown ink: Charles Rogers (L.624).

Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre, stamped in black: Jonathan Richardson, the elder (L.2184).

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Watermark: none.

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